Proverbs 25:12
Whoever reproves the wise and obedient ear is like an earring of gold with a shining pearl.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
In Context
11Whoever speaks a word at an opportune time is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:31this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”
Psalms 141:5I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.
Proverbs 9:8Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you.
Proverbs 15:31The ear that listens to the reproofs of life shall abide in the midst of the wise.
Proverbs 27:5An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:12-13
Instructive Similes. 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. Solomon here shows how much it becomes a man, 1. To speak pertinently: A word upon the wheels, that runs well, is well-circumstanced, in proper time and place—instruction, advice, or comfort, given seasonably, and in apt expressions, adapted to the case of the person spoken to and agreeing with the character of the person… Read the whole commentary →